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Body. mind, will. affections, PASSIONS
are all his. They arc developed in the
man. Expansion, growth--net cr.a-
tion-constitute the difference. The
forces are there; they may be developed.
they must be applied. The capacities
exist; they may be strengthened. they
must be directed. The creeping child
and the bounding gymnast. The pnl
ing infant and the persuasive orator.
The shrinking boy and the bold, per-
sistent and audacious soldier. The
passionate youth, and the self-denying,
self-controlling. ambitious man. The
puny child scarcely able to bear the
gentle breezes of Corsica, and the man.
of whom before he had reached early
middle life a great historian says:
Equal to Alexander in military achiey
..ment, superior to Justinian in legal
information. second only to Bacon in
..political sagacity, he possessed. at the
..same time the ineShauStiblc resources
..of Hannibal and the administrative
.powers Of Ce~er. Enduring OF fatigue,
'.paticnt Of hard>hip.nnwearied in appl
.scation, no difficulty could deter, no dan
.'gers could daunt, no obstacles could
..impede him.
q man. thou art indeed. ..An heir of
..glory. A frail child Of dust, Helpless
..immortal. Insect infinite. \ worm! A
god!''
And it is an appalling thought, that
to each human being. have been com
mitted these powers and capacities. and
a lifetime in which to develop them,
and to Use them. 1t has been Eeneii
Gently ordered that their use and
their development 60 on apace. and the
highest constitute the keenest pleasures.
This is no holiday world in which we
live: yet beauties are strewn on every
side, and pleasures are all around us.
They are the beauties OF our own crea
ton. Life cares are comforts.
its labors are its pleasures; its ae-
QUESTIONS make its happiness: its
actions are its joys. And duties.
labors. acquisitions, actions are the con-
slant education, exercise and develop
ment of all these faculties with which
man has been endowed.
Life is short Time wasted, is
existence; used. is life How much i
wasted? A single minute IN each day.
more than six hours in 4 year,-morc
than forty two days of ten hours in Il
life of seventy years. Half IN hour each
day rescued. rs well may i,e
with each one of ns, from time appropri-
ated neither to sleep, nor exercise. nor
study. rescued from listless idleness or
worse, adds three weeks of useful life
each year. Life is short short to
look back upon; short if wasted: short
if lifc's duties are neglected: hut long
enough for Homer and Milton, though
blind, to sing their immortal verses:
long enough for Copernieus and
Galileo and Newton to unfold the laa,
of the Universe: long enough for Cesar
to overrun the world: long enough for
Alexander to weep that there We're no
more worlds to conquer; long enough
fer Frederick and Charles and Peter to
create Prussia, Sweden and Russia;
long enough for Napoleon to make all
Europe tributary to Imperial France;
long enough for Washington TO accom-
plish the Revolution: 10 preside ii the
formation Of the constitution. 10 admin
iSter the affairs Of the Federal Govern
ment for nearly one twelfth of its eN-
istence; long enough for Navier To
carry the cross through India and
China: long enough f,r Howard 70
improve every prison anu hospital and
laZerato in the world.
Mankind hardly values rs it ought.
the advantages of literary eauca-
ton These advantages arc not 4
substitute for mental training; but
; are aids in giving to thought ,igor,
j strength, fexibility and grace and as
such aids can scarcely be stated at
their worth.
J Mathematics strengthen and i'm
) prove the reasoning powers; their pro-
| cesses are exact; their logic unanswer-
able: their conclusions inevitable.
J Geology teaches us with silent elo-
, quence the history Of our globe, and
marks its age and process Of Formations
Astronomy notes the cources Of those
bright worlds, that sparkle i'll the sky
! and exalts the mind in the contempla-
! ton Of the Almighty power that orders
and directs al their movements.
, Chemistry analyses the forces OF
nature and subdues them to our daily
use.
J Botany reveals the beauty Of the fields
! and woods, and Of the systems cNhib-
: ted in the tiny flower and the towering
. oak.
History introduces us to the past.
: that we may study its Wisdom and avoid
? its folly, that we may Nenerate and
9 practice its virtues and shun its vices.
In the economy of nature nothing Is
5 foreign to the human intellect, and the
I knowledge of all things strengthens and
) expands its powers, and constitutes the
+ forces Of reserve by which their contin-
Q ual exhaustion is supplied.
< Its frequently sometimes
positively asserted, that there is some.
5 thing in literary and scientific pursuits,
: or in the characteristics ofthose who taki
e pleasure in following them, which ais-
G qualities for the stirring scenes Of prac-
1 teal life. Marked and glorious are IN
5 stances to show the folly Of this descrip-
: ton.
d When the turbulence Of the lasl
t French Revolution was 1T its hight
!. when the throne was burning in the
i street, and an armed mob crowded the
9 TuilcrieS. and threatened with destruc
i ton the noble pile 80 identified witt
o French history; when the danger wa,
II imminent that the red tlag Of til,
Jacobins would be unfurled. and the
4 gulotine called upon to do it> blood,
v work upon all who for their political ol
r social position Were displeasing to tn,
o Reyolutionists; when it was feared .ha
IS the worst scenes Of 1892 and 1913 woul,
!, be re-cnacted; that there would be terrol
/, at home and war abroad, the poet. iii,
d historian. the scholar coming forth from
le seclusion of his closet, appeared
t. upon the scene. From the hote
: de Vile he again and again addresses
r tha crowd and held ii smell bound b.